Television has been the major source of entertainment for years now. It started with few channels showing few programs such as weekly soaps, movies and music. It got enhanced by the cable or private channels showing sundry programs and live shows 24/7, taking the television industry to the next level. The new trend of live game shows was all about viewers, giving them a chance to participate in the show and make real money. This was one fast way of making easy and quick money and it soon spread like plague making way to more such programs. By then, the definition of television had changed. Now it had become a part of people's life from being a mere entertainment.
Change is important in any industry and television is no different. So when the game shows were losing grip on the viewers, the concept of live Talent shows started coming in. This was a new concept to the industry and soon gained popularity. People started getting hooked to them. Television became a platform for new talents. All kinds of talent shows that covered almost all fields were made. The most common among those were music and dance shows, followed by interior designing, entrepreneurship etc.
These talent shows are mainly focused on youngsters and children giving them a bigger platform to explore and nourish their talents. These competitions are a total package of attractive prizes, money, fame, and a lifetime opportunity to make a career. So the whole process of selection is hard and it is not very easy to be among the final participants, as they have to go through a long process of selection by a panel of judges. But people never stop trying their luck. It has become common practice to select the winner of any talent hunt by public voting. This makes viewers become part of these shows. But the public voting has raised some questions.
Is all the hype about these talent shows worth it? Does the general public take unbiased decisions? Does the real talent get to win? or is it just the popular participant? These are few questions that are difficult to answer. But why are such questions raised in the first place? These are debatable questions that are constantly raised whenever a show ends. Some people feel that the public voting system should not continue because voters base their votes on other criteria such as region, religion etc.. instead of talent, which is the main purpose of such shows. Some argue that such big decisions, which decide the person's fate, should not be given to a hand full of judges, who again can be biased. So is the talented candidate deprived because of bias or do the lucky ones get luckier? It is some thing to think about.
No comments:
Post a Comment